Sexual assault is a crime that not only violates a person’s physical boundaries but also inflicts deep emotional trauma that can last a lifetime. It is a scourge that affects millions of people worldwide, with one in three women experiencing some form of sexual violence in their lifetime. However, sexual assault is more than just
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Was she capable of providing love? To offer time, heart, and touch in abundance. I dwelled upon the day her feet stood before mine. Her eyes spoke to mine. Could she be the angel I’ve longed for? The angel I’ve envisioned standing in my auras? She stood in magnificence, my eyes full of her belle.
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April’s serving of Autism Awareness Month makes room to celebrate the gallant endeavors of families and organizations dedicated to spreading advocacy on the developmental condition. Two stand-outs are highlighted here. Yetta Myrick Yetta Myrick is the Executive Director and President of DC Autism Parents (DCAP) and CDC Ambassador. The goal of DCAP focuses on presenting resources
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I found myself embellished– embellished by the beautified theory of happiness. Happiness is just but a fraudulent make-belief emotion reposing lifetimes to procure. It’s an artificial phenomenon manufactured to sedate the anguish of a sad man’s reality. When would one reach the calamity of happiness? Man yearns for a cure. One allowing the heart to
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April is Autism Awareness Month. Since 2021, The Autistic Self Advocacy Network has made April Autism Acceptance Month by stating that acceptance of autism as a natural condition in the human experience is necessary for real dialogue to occur. During this month, it isn’t just important to spread awareness for people who have autism. We
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The “system” spoken of in the term “systemic oppression” is a devilishly intricate piece of machinery. In the American sense, it was forged from several centuries’ worth of enslaving, lynching, miseducating, litigating, suppressing, redistricting, policing, and a litany of further -ings that I haven’t the time nor the energy to list. It is the time-tested
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The month of April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and a time to reflect on this important issue and understand how we can recognize and support survivors. To begin, we need to define sexual assault. Sexual assault is when one person imposes or forces unwanted sexual behavior on another. Sexual abuse or molestation sometimes involves
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This month, we celebrate financial literacy. I know, I know, boring subject, but it is important to remember its value. Its interconnection to our daily lives, our future lives, and our future generations, is critical to our overall well-being. Check out Generational Wealth in the Black Culture: Past and Present for a quick reminder. It
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America’s unappreciated hero is the Black woman. Often celebrated for being the first willing to protect, care, and give, the mental wellness of Black women is frequently corrupted by a false sense of autonomy – that everything maneuvered must be done so alone. Calling attention to how far we need to continue progressing doesn’t take
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Fighting For the Future of our Black Girls and Black Gender-Expansive Youth The Black Girl Freedom Fund (BGFF) is a 10-year philanthropic initiative designed to invest in the brain trust, innovation, health, safety, education, artistic visions, research, and joy of Black girls and their families. The fund’s goal is to help support the empowerment of
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